Tie dimpler



y 22, .1951 G. F. PINSUTI 2,554,310

TIE DIMPLER Filed 001;. 22, 1949 Fry. 6

INVENTOR.

Giuseppe FPinsuZz Patented May 22, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE TIE DIMPLER Giuseppe F. Pinsuti, New York, N. Y.

Application October 22, 1949, Serial No. 122,950

9 Claims. 1

This invention relates to four-in-hand neckties and particularly to devices for insuring the formation of the pro-per dimple below the knot in the tie.

The good appearance of a tie depends largely on the skill of the person making the knot therein. For neat and correct appearance, the dimple should be arranged along the middle line of the tie front in a single longitudinally elongated depression, wrinkle qr pleat below the knot. However, many persons are not sufiiciently skilled to so tie the knot as to produce the proper dimple, but instead produce relatively small irregular wrinkles at the wrong places. Even persons skilled enough to tie the knot properly, often do not care to devote the time and effort necessary to attain the most pleasing possible knot.

The present invention therefore contemplates the provision of a simple and quite inexpensive device in the form of a highly simplified one piece spring wire clip deta'chably or permanently and pivotally secured to the material of the back of the tie, for making and holding a fold in the tie of suificient length and at the proper place to produce a perfectly located and perfectly appearing dimple when the knot is tied, Without the need for the exercise of any material kind or amount of skill on the part of the user.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a one-piece spring wire clip in the general form of a loop having a narrow entrance opening and pivotaily mounted on the back of a tie, for receiving through said opening enough of the tie material to form and to hold a fold of the correct size and position to produce a perfect dimple when the knot is tied, without interfering with the tying or untying of the knot.

The invention further contemplates the provision of an inexpensive and inconspicuous fold holding clip adapted to be pivotally secured to the back of a tie and to be lifted and held out of the way when the tie is pressed by applying a pressing iron to the back thereof, the clip being further adapted to receive a greater or lesser amount of tie material therein, thereby to prefold the tie at the dimple area to the desired extent before the knot is tied.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a tie having an automatic dimpling device secured thereto in the form of a spring clip for detachably holding the material at the back of a tie in a fold of the desired depth, which clip is applicable to any four-in-hand necktie regardless of its construction, shape, size or material Without need for special attaching or forming 2 operations or tools, while being dependable and effective to produce the correct dimple at the proper place after the tie has been creased anywherein the dimple area and the crease entered into the clip.

The various objects of the invention will be clear from the description which follows and from the drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary rear elevational View of the back surface of a tie showing my new clip pivotally secured thereto by stitching.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary rear elevational View similar to Fig. 1 of a modified form of the clip and of the stitching holding the clip to the back of the tie.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear elevational view similar to Fig. 1 but on a smaller scale, of the clip as it appears when turned into its operative position in which it holds the tie fold frictionally in place.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of a knotted tie to which the invention has been applied as it appears in use, and showing the longitudinal middle dimple and the clip in the dimple area, the clip in this case being shown in dotted lines behind the knot.

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of a modified form of the clip adapted to be detachably secured to a tie and provided with integral attaching means in the form of a pin.

Fig. 9 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary perspective view of the back part of a tie showing the clip of Fig. 8 pinned thereto.

Fig. 11 is a combined cross sectional and end view of Fig. 5 showing the outstanding fold held by the clip.

In the practical embodiment of the invention shown by way of example, one form of the clip is permanently stitched and another form detachably pinned to the back surface 5 l of the tie l2 at approximately the longitudinal middle line of the tie and beyond the neckband portion and anywhere within the dimple area. Since such area is several inches long, there is no need for accuracy in securing the clip in place, the fold !3 (Figs. 5, 6 and 11) made and held by the clip being long enough to extend below the knot Hi and to form the required middle dimple E5. The clip is made of a single length of spring wire in the general form of a loop having a pair of similar spaced apart side legs integrally joined at the respective upper ends thereof by a connecting top part, there being a constricted and convexly rounded entrance opening to the interior of the clip between the lower end portions of the side legs.

In that form of the clip shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 6, the side legs I6, I! converge inwardly and downwardly to provide the narrow entrance opening H3 at the bottom of the clip, the upper ends of the side legs being integrally joined by the top part l9. Each of the side legs terminates at the lower end thereof in a suitably rounded portion or portion bent back on itself such as the loop to present a convex surface 2| at the entrance opening, past which the folded material of the tie may be easily forced to arrange part of the fold I 3 between the sides i5 and I! and in the interior of the large loop defined by said legs and top part IS. The loops 2!) at the free ends of the legs stiffen the ends of the clip and prevent said ends from becoming distorted under the pressure of the folded tie material forced into and through the opening is. To make the fold, the tie is preferably folded or creased manually for a short distance adjacent the clip along the middle longitudinal line of the tie where a folded peripheral side edge as 22 of the tie fabric is usually arranged, the edge of the fold or crease being then pressed laterally between the loops 2% to carry it past the loops. Such pressure is readily attained by holding the folded tie and rotating the clip forwardly relatively to the tie, the pressure of the tie material which is thicker than the width of the opening [8, spreading said loops apart against the resistance of the spring legs l6 and I7 and permitting the flexible fold it to enter the interior of the clip (Figs. 5 and 6).

To aid in holding the fold in its creased con dition, the clip is pivotally mounted on the back of the tie so that it may be rotated about the holding means therefor into the position best seen in Fig. 6 wherein the unsecured end of the clip has been moved forwardly. Said holding means comprises the stitching 23, 24 arranged at the tops of the legs [6, I! and in the recesses 25, 28 formed by depressing the mid-portion of the top I9 as at 21. The clip therefore cannot slip in the stitching from side to side, but can pivot about the stitching normally to lie flat on the tie surface I! when the tie is not in use and being arranged with its top 59 transversely across the tie. As best seen in Fig. 2, the upper end portions of the legs 15 and Il are preferably bent forward- 1y out of the plane of the loops 2B and of the lower parts of said legs. The mid-portion 2! of the top part I9 is also bent laterally and rearwardly out of the plane of the remainder of the top part, as well as downwardly, thereby better to fit the rear edge part of the tie fold l3 as seen in Figs. 5 and 6.

It will be understood that to make a fold of maximum depth, the clip is rotated to a position substantially perpendicular to the rear edge of the fold and that the depth of the fold l3 may be varied by rotating the clip forwardly to a greater or less extent or into various angles with the rear edge of the fold. It will also be understood that the loops press against the back material of the tie at the sides of the fold to prevent the clip from slipping off the fold and to hold the clip frictionally in the position into which it has been rotated, owing to the spring action of the legs. When the tie is to be pressed, the clip is merely swung into an upstanding position, that is, into a generally vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal plane of the back surface I I of the tie and so is out of the way of the pressing iron. The knot is tied in the usual manner, the fold l3 and the clip tightening in the knot without be ing disturbed or changing the fold or interfering with the formation of the knot, thereby arranging the dimple producing fold automatically below the knot in the exact place the dimple should be without need for any particular caution or care on the part of the user.

In the form of the spring clip shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the depressed middle part 21 of the top part is omitted, but the mid-portion 30 of the top part 28 is bent laterally and rearwardly in the same manner as the lateral bending of the part 21. The stitching 29 may be made along the entire length of the top part 28 or only along a portion of said top part as desired, and serves to attach the clip pivotally to the back of the tie as hereinbefore explained in connection with the clip of Fig. 1. The side legs [6, H, the loops 20 and the entrance opening 18 remains the same as in Fig. 1.

In that form of the clip shown in Figs. 8 and 9, an integral pin is provided for pivotally but detachably securing the clip to the back of the tie. Said pin is pointed at its end 3! and its pointed portion depends perpendicularly from the top part 32, which in turn is arranged substantially at right angles to the extension 33 arranged outwardly of the side leg 34 of the clip and constituting an elongation or extension of the loop or doubled back part 35 at the lower end of said leg, the extension 33 joining the loop 35 to the top part 32. The preferably rounded top part 36 of the clip integrally joins the upper end of the leg 34 to the upper end of the opposed leg 31, at the lower end of which is provided the loop or doubled back part 38. The short extension 39 arranged utwardly alongside the leg 3'! of the clip and projecting upwardly from the loop 33 to terminate close to the pin point 3! serves to guard said point. The mid-portion 4!) of the top part 35 is bent rearwardly laterally similarly to the corresponding mid-parts 2'! and 39 to receive and avoid interference with the rear edge of the fold when the clip is rotated about the pin top part 32. Said top part is attached to the tie as shown in Fig. 10 by first turning the clip sidewise to arrange the pointed portion 3| at right angles to the tie edge 22, then passing said pointed portion into the tie and turning the clip through a right angle to carry it to the position shown in Fig. 10.

It will be understood that in all of the forms of the clip, the spring pressure on the end loops causes the clip to hold the fold l3 frictionally in the opening l8 and pevents the clip from be' coming displaced; that the clip legs and top resist spreading of the end loops; that the clip is pivot ally mounted on the back of the tie and can be rotated into a position to hold a fold or crease made along the middle of the tie, and that the rearwardly bent part of the top forms a recess receiving part of the fold and making it easier to rotate the clip into its fold holding position without any tendency to leave said position accidentally.

It will further be understood that the clip is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to attach to the tie, that it normally lies fiat on the back of the tie and out of the way when not in use, that it does not interfere with pressing the tie, and that it insures the formation of a perfect dimple at exactly the right place.

While certain specific forms of the invention have herein been shown and described, various changes may obviously be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention de fined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a necktie, of a tiedimpling clip comprising a single length of spring wire having a pair of transversely spaced side legs each terminating at one end thereof in a loop to provide a relatively narrow entrance opening into the clip, said legs being integrally joined together at the respective other ends thereof by a top part of the clip, said top part having a mid-portion projecting laterally out of the plane of the side legs, and means pivotally securing the clip adjacent said other ends of the legs to the back of the tie and approximately halfway between the side edges of the tie with the top part of the clip arranged transversely of the tie, said clip forming a longitudinal dimpling fold along the middle line of the tie when the clip is rotated about said securing means toward the front of the tie to crease said tie and to force part of the creased tie through the entrance opening of the clip into the interior of the clip and between the legs thereof.

2. The combination of claim 1, the upper parts of the legs of the clip extending forwardly of and out of the plane of the remainder of the legs and of said loops.

3. The combination with a necktie, of a tiedimpling clip bent of a single length of wire and means pivotally securing the clip to the back of the necktie and between the side edges of the tie, said clip comprising a top part and a side leg depending from each end of the top part and arranged generally longitudinally of the tie and terminating in a rounded end portion, the end portions of the legs being slightly spaced apart to provide an entrance opening into the interior of the clip between said side legs for a longitudinally folded part of the tie.

4. The combination of claim 3' wherein the securing means comprises a pivot member extending from one of the rounded portions, said memher having a pointed part passed through the back of the tie and depending from a main clippivoting part arranged transversely of the tie.

5. The combination of claim 3 wherein the securing means comprises stitching around the top part of the clip and into the tie.

6. The combination of claim 3 wherein the securing means comprises a pointed pin forming an extension of one of the rounded parts and having spaced apart bends therein.

'7. A tie-dimpling clip of a single length of spring wire comprising a top part, a side leg depending from each end of the top part and terminating in a rounded end part, and a pointed pin forming an extension of one of the rounded parts and also forming a means for pivotally securing the clip to the back of a tie, the rounded parts being slightly spaced apart to provide a narrow entrance opening into the interior of the clip, the extension having a portion thereof arranged adjacent one of the side legs, having another portion thereof arranged transversely of the clip adjacent the top part and having a pointed part adjacent the other side leg.

8. A tie-dimpling clip comprising a single length of spring wire having a pair of transversely spaced side legs each terminating at one end thereof in a loop to provide a relatively narrow rounded entrance opening into the clip, said legs being joined. at the respective other ends thereof by a top part of the clip, and a depressed midportion on the top part projecting laterally out of the plane of the side legs and extending below the remainder of the top part, and nearer the loops than the remainder of the top part, the mid-portion being between and in transverse spaced relation to the adjacent legs.

9. A tie-dimpling clip of a single length of spring wire comprising a pair of opposed transversely spaced apart legs converging downwardly and each terminating in an inwardly convex part spaced slightly from the convex part of the other leg to provide a space between the entire lengths of the legs, and a top part integrally joining the upper ends of the legs and having a bend at the mid-portion thereof extending laterally out of the plane of the legs and downwardly below the remainder of the top part into said space thereby to provide a pair of transversely spaced apart downwardly concave recesses at the junction of the top part and the legs, and at the uppermost side portions of said space, the upper end portions of the legs having laterally extending bends therein.

GIUSEPPE F. PINSUTI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 957,488 Blasdell May 10, 1910 1,276,668 McOsker Aug. 20, 1918 1,5 7,616 Trub Feb. 24, 1925 1,709,702 Antonu Apr. 16, 1929 2,402,291 Newman June 18, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 770,739 France Sept. 20, 1934 

